DOBSON, WILLIAM J. and CECILIA; a married couple who have been for years living upon charity; man persistent beggingletter writer, but not worthy. DOBRENZA. E., M. D., German physician; persistent begging-letter writer; has used the name of Gross. DRAGO, DE. See Dels. DRUMMOND, GEORGE. See Morgan, John. DUCE, ELIZA H., about 40. English; well educated; has worked at intervals in various capacities-seamstress, housekeeper, housemaid, etc.; has respectable relatives in England; borrows money, especially of Episcopal clergymen; drinks; has had much done for her, but apparently prefers to live on charity while pretending to desire work. DUFOUR, JOHN OTTO; alias Hemminger; Kammergeist; sometimes drops his first or middle name; also known as the "French missionary," but is not a minister; calls on clergymen and solicits their influence to secure him German pupils; is addicted to drink. DUNKINSON, F. H.; begs money for Mrs. Kronheim, as a friend of the family. DUNN. See McCann, Mrs. Mary Dunn. EDGAR, WILLIAM E. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. FIELD, ARTHUR. See Morgan, John. FINLAY, WM. EDGAR, or Wm. Lawrence; alias Barklie, Frank C.; Carter, Henry C.; Lawrence, W. Livingston; Livingston, Henry W.; Mason, Robert Lee; Van Rensselaer, Beekman; Williams, John W.; Ten Eyck, Walter Phelps, son of the late Richard W. Ten Eyck, of Albany, N. Y.; begging-letter writer; tells story of sickness and want; claims relationship to eminent persons; also house-beggar with story of lost pocketbook. son FLEMING, CHARLES. Claims to hail from Maspeth, L. I.; has a crippled arm. Fox, MRS. ELLEN, widow, and her Martin, aged 18; the son, a hunchback, works in ferry houses and on piers on the East River, but also writes begging letters, which he presents to persons at private houses; mother intemperate and generally unworthy. Fox. See McCann, Mrs. Mary Dunn. 1 FRANCO, ANTOINE, and Angelino ClemenTS, his wife; man has been imprisoned for passing counterfeit money; woman writes begging letters. FREDERICK, PHILIP. See Parker, Joseph. GARDINER, MRS. A. M., swindler. GOLDSTEIN, BERNARD; street beggar; claims to speak five languages, to be a bookkeeper a cloakmaker; but is drunken and generally worthless; family frequently dispossessed. or GOULD, MRS. See Prentiss, R. L. GOULET, MISS PHYLLIS, trained nurse; tells false story of commission to hire a nurse and of her loss of money. 1 New name on this list. GRAHAM, FRANK. See Morgan, John. GROHT, MRS. LIZZIE F.; writes begging letters from Paterson, N. J. Woman has a bad record. GROSS. See Dobrenz. HAESELIN, CARL ALPHONSE; begging-letter writer, with a bad record of laziness and fraud. HAMILTON, JAMES. See Morgan, Wm. HALL, GEO. FRANCIS. See Hilford. HARRINGTON, WM.; alias Wm. Livingston; young man, English, chemist; calls at houses and asks for money to pay railway fare of a blind brother to Peekskill or elsewhere; gives false addresses; manners very familiar, and plays the trick of using as a recommendation a name he finds on a card in the card basket of the lady on whom he calls. See Henry. HENDRICKS. See Henry. HENRY, MISS, or Miss Louise or Eliza Henry, or Hendricks, or Miss Lucy Henderson, or Mrs. Hennessey; middle-aged; dresses in respectable black; tells story of her own sickness, and that she expects to go to a hospital, also of an invalid and deformed sister, and at times of an aged and blind mother. HILFORD; alias Hall, Geo. Francis; Hill, Halford; Rhodes, Frederick; young man, dark complexion, tall, slender, with husky voice, plausible manners; procures report of benevolent societies and visits their managers, claiming to have been sent from one to the other; usually applies for money or clothing to enable him to go to the Adirondacks, Catskills, or elsewhere, for the benefit of his health. HILL. See Hilford. HILL, LADY" FLORENCE, Florence. See Baillie, HOPE, THOS. S. See Hunt, Thos. S. HOVEY, MRS. See Prentiss, R. L. HOYTE, ANNIE M. See Hoyte, M. Edith. HUNT, THOS. S.; alias Alden, Baylies, Deas, Hope, Williams, etc., ad inf.; young, tall and slender; presents begging letters; usually signs same family name as party addressed, and waits for answer. Writing, neat and peculiar. JACKSON, CHAS. See Wilson, John. JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHN ; states that he formerly begged for a church he was pastor of, and now asks for his own needs; has served a term in state prison for swindling, as he appropriated to his own use the money ostensibly raised for his church; has shown himself since his release unworthy of confidence. JOHNSON, MRS. WM. See Thompson, Wm. KAMMERGEIST. See Dufour. KELLEY. See Brower; see Wagner. KREISWIRTH, often called Reiswirth, Jacob; a Hebrew; claims to be a convert to Christianity; is a persistant relief seeker, but of very bad character. KRONHEIM, MRS. ANNA JOHNSON; intemperate; pretends to be in need; has 4 grown children able to earn their living. LANG, HENRY; ex-convict; claims to be a painter, but unable to join the union because he has been in prison; writes begging letters. LAWRENCE, W. LIVINGSTON. Wm. Edgar. See Finlay, LEIGHTON, MRS. See Prentiss, R. L. LIVINGSTON, HENRY W. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. LIVINGSTON, WM. See Harrington, Wm. LOWENTHAL, GUSTAV. See Miller, Chas. P. LUDLOFF, LUDLOW, S See Wagner-Ludloff. MCCANN, MRS. MARY DUNN; alias Dunn, Fox persistent begging-letter writer; mendacious; husband lazy. MCCORMICK, MRS. MARY, alias Quinn; very untruthful and persistent applicant for charity. MCDADE, J. W., claims to have been mayor of San Francisco; borrows money in the name of a club. 1 MANISHOFF, or MARRISCHOF, or MORKISCHOF, MARK; claims to be a convert from Judaism; but he is entirely unreliable, though very plausible in manner and voluble in promises. MASON, ROBERT LEE. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. MOELLER. See Wagner-Ludloff. See Prentiss, R. L. MORGAN, JOHN; alias Edgar C. Davenport; George Drummond; Arthur Field; Frank Graham; Robert Penn; George Smith; Edgar Charles Thornton; begging-letter New name on this list. MORRISON, JAS. See Coachman, John H. MUELLER, CHAS. P. See Miller, Chas. P. MULHOLLAND, KATE, MRS. ; alias Mrs. Kate (?) Anderson; alias Milholland; Mullins; Sheridan; now calls herself Miss Harriet Taylor; makes appeals in newspapers, but is intemperate, quarrelsome and thoroughly untruthful; has several children, the eldest of whom, Thomas, she has trained to be an accomplished liar. MULLINS, MRS. KATE (?). See Mulholland. MYERS, ANNIE. See Mayers. NICHOLAS, MRS. HELEN FULLER, age 40; inveterate begging-letter writer; pretends to desire pupils in foreign languages, but has repeatedly refused to give instruction after receiving the money for tuition. NOBLETT, THOS. J., English, an expelled freemason (1880); has been recommended by clergymen. NORMANN, M. See Wagner-Ludloff. O'NEILL, W. J.; claims to be a convert from Romanism. See Morgan, John. PEARSON, J. T. See Wilson, John. PENN, ROBERT. PILGRIM, F. E. and R. C. R., his wife; chronic beggars from churches which they join. POLLACK, HENRY JOSEPH, single, age 22; presented forged receipt for money loaned, and with which he was enabled to get a position. POWERS, ALICE; notorious character, street beggar; gives false addresses. PRENTISS, ROBERT (or RICHARD) LEIGHTON, and his alleged wife, with aliases Anderson, Clark, Day, Descoe, Gould Hovey, Leighton, Moore, Thompson, Wesson, White; couple come from Boston, where they had been in prison; both persons of very bad record; the man has a crippled arm and the woman is the wife of another man; that he is the son of a Southern Episcopalian clergyman and the brother of another is true. PRICE, WM. See Wilson, John. QUINN. See McCormick, Mrs. Mary. RALPH, THEODORE, and CLARA PERRY, his wife, with four children; family thoroughly pauperized and chronic beggars. REID, WM. See Wilson, John. REISWIRTH, See Kreiswirth. 2 New name on this list. 6 CHARITIES. RHODES, FREDERICK. See Hilford, Fred'k. ROBINSON, J. T. See Wilson, John. ROGERS, HERBERT. See Bennett, Thos. M. RUSSELL, ALLA M.; alias Dawson, Rossin, a former teacher of music in the Brooklyn public schools; at one time she asked for relief in behalf of her pupils, but is now soliciting help for herself and for her mother is plausible and voluble; is middle-aged and stout. RUSSELL, WM. See Morgan, Wm. Mrs. Kate. 1 SMITH, MISS ANNIE R., 512 Quincy street, Brooklyn; begging-letter writer. SMITH, GEORGE. See Morgan, John. SMITH, JENNIE; alias Wilson; signs herself Jannie; tells story of having had a father or a brother or sister in the employ of the person addressed, that the breadwinner of the family has just died leaving her to support her little brothers and sisters, and as she has no money was in danger of eviction. SMITH, MARY IDA. See Mayers, Anna. SMITH, RANDOLPH W. and NINA; refined appearance; man a journalist; persistent beggars. STARIN, ROY. See Baron, Edward. writer. STEIN, CLARA. See Dels. begging-letter STIELER, ADOLF, about 50; tells false story of his discharge because of loss of sight through accident in the laboratory in which he was employed. STURM, HENRY GEORGE and ANN G.; man begs, taking one or two of his children with him to excite sympathy; chronic case; woman untruthful and shares the man's life; pretend Protestantism or Roman Catholicism to suit their purpose. TAYLOR, J., JAS., or Wм. See Wilson. TEEDS, MRS. MARTHA A.; carries begging letters on her behalf, purporting to come from the following persons: H. A. Grey, M. D., Mrs. Sarah Jane Hull, Mrs. A. A. Palmer, Mrs. M. A. Russell, Mrs. H. H. Wilson, a city pastor visiting the poor." TEN EYCK, WALTER PHELPS. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. 1 New name on this list. THOMPSON, MRS. See Prentiss, R. L. THOMPSON, WM. and JESSIE; alias Brown, Johnson, Scott, Shepherd, Wilson; wife begs usually at night with a baby in her arms; claims that her husband is sick and that she has three children. THORNTON, EDGAR CHARLES. See Morgan, John. TISCHLER, WALTER; alias George Anders; is or pretends to be a waiter; is about 35 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches in height, well proportioned, has a blonde mustache; tells story of loss of wife. VANDERHOOF, EDWARD A. and MARY L. PALMER (Gordon), his wife; persons of refinement; man intemperate; woman persistent and ingenious begging-letter writer. VAN RENSSELAER, BEEKMAN. See Finlay, W. Edgar. WADGE, EDWIN HARVEY; alias Archer, Davidson, Gray; age 61; pretends to be a Major of the English Army, 53d regiment, the Shropshires, in India; on the retired list, in receipt of pension which he assigns to his wife, who is in England, but begs for temporary loan; is a fraud and denounced by English societies. WAGNER-LUDLOFF, PAUL T.; alias Burger, Kelley, Ludloff, Ludlow, Moeller, Normann, Schnell, Winter; wife, Clementina, signs herself C. Ludlow, C. Ludloff, C. Moeller, C. Schnell; claims sometimes to be single, at other times to have a child sick with pneumonia; persistent beggingletter writer; gives false addresses. WALDECK, CAPTAIN WM. A. H., and AMELIA THERESA MARIA COUSINS, his wife. Man was in the Dutch army and claims to have been honorably discharged; then was officer in the United States volunteer army in the war with Spain; now claims to have applied for a position in the Venezuela army; woman formerly well spoken of in London, Ontario; the woman is apparently the more active partner; calls on Episcopal clergymen especially; makes a favorable impression; borrows money which is never repaid. WARD, JAS. See Morgan, Wm. 2 WATSON, JOSEPH EDWARD; shows a letter WESGROVE. See York, Geo. A. WESSON, MRS. See Prentiss, R. L. WHITE, MRS. See Prentiss, R. L. WIEGEL, WM. H. (or WEIGEL); writes begging letters from Baltimore; is a United States soldier pensioner; signs himself "Late Col. and A. A. Gen'l U. S. A."; 2 New name on this list. married uses pious phrases; has two daughters, and a son in the navy; writes an excellent hand. WILLIAMS, ANN. See Mayers. WILLIAMS, HENRY and MARTHA; man sells microscopes and soap ostensibly; family appear to be supported by beggary; have a respectable appearance and comfortable lodgings. WILLIAMS, JOHN W. See Finlay, Wm. Edgar. WILLIAMS, THOS. S. See Hunt, Thos. S. WILLIAMSON, J. See Wilson, John. WILSON, JENNIE. See Smith, Jennie. WILSON, JOHN; alias Pearson, J. T.; J. W. Brown; Chas. Jackson; Wm. Reid; Jas. Richardson; J. T. Robinson; J. Williamson; T. Taylor; Jas. Taylor; Wm. Taylor; Wm. Price; Jas. F. Watson; asks influence to get his wife into a home or hospital; does not ask for money, but says there is no food or fuel in the house; claims to belong to the denomination of the person addressed. WILSON, MRS. WM. See Thompson, Wm. WINTER. See Wagner-Ludloff. YORK, GEO. ALBERT, alias Brown, Wesgrove; Englishman; tells story of wealthy brother in England; asks aid to tide over unexpected lack of funds; of gentlemanly address. One of the agents of the Charity Organization Society reports a peculiar variety of swindle, which he thinks is quite extensively practised. It proceeds on the following lines: Certain tailor shops in the city have as agents lodging-house sharps whose business it is to approach unfortunate men and boys. who have pawned everything except the clothes on their backs, and who stand in further need of money, with the proposition that if they go to a shop and leave their garments-nominally for repairs,-they will be accommodated temporarily with other garments and a loan. As these shops have no license to loan on goods, the arrangement must be called a "trade," with the understanding that the borrower can redeem his garments on repayment of the loan plus repair charge. If, as is unlikely, the borrower does wish to recover his garments, he finds them made unwearable, and is told that they must be repaired; or he is told that it was a purchase, that they are not pawnbrokers. All of which means that the man.has lost his garments without compensation. He The Robert Clark Company of Cincinnati has issued General Roeliff Brinkerhoff's "Recollections of a Lifetime." In 1878 General Brinkerhoff was elected a member of the Board of State Charities of Ohio, and is now serving his eighth term. As a philanthropist there are but few men more widely known. has visited and inspected the charitable and correctional institutions in nearly every state in the Union, in the Dominion of Canada, in the Republic of Mexico, and in the countries of western Europe. The last few chapters of the book are largely devoted to discussions of the philanthropic and correctional institutions and methods of the countries he has visited. Classified Advertisements. Advertisements under this head, two lines or more without display, 5 cents a line. ** TH SOCIETY HE CHARITY ORGANIZATION renews its appeal for the following cases: For a monthly pension of $12.00 towards the support of a woman and her two children. As she is a worthy woman and very industrious when her health permits her to work, it is desirable to keep the family together: For a pension of $6.00 a month to supplement the little that a couple, both over 70 years old, can earn towards their support. They have no children and no relatives able to help them, but they are respectable people, and the man has until recently earned good wages. The wife is crippled by rheumatism: For $175.00 to keep a consumptive man in the country place where he has been boarding for a year, and has improved somewhat. His wife is having a hard struggle to support herself and two children in the city, but she has succeeded in doing so. Contributions for any of the above cases sent to the Charity Organization Society, 105 East 22d Street, will be duly and publicly acknowledged. The society acknowledges the following additional contributions for the above purposes: James E. Boyd and J. B. J." $10.00 each. The society also acknowledges the following contributions in response to its recent appeals for funds with which to pay rent for a few months for a widow with six children; for a pension to enable an unmarried daughter to provide a home for her widowed mother; to pay the rent of an aged couple, the man 80 and the woman 70: "C. M. H., $20.00; E. F. C. P.," "Cash," John S. Ellis, A. M. S.," "A. "E. B. C.," $10 00 each; Mrs. A. O. Brooks, Mrs. G F. Vietor, "G. W. W., E. A. P.," and "L. H.," $5.00 each; R. A. Harrat, $3.00; H. C," and "V. S. K.," $2.00 each; "A King's Daughter,' Cash," John C. Giffing, Somerville and wife," "A. B," "C. E.," and " W. S. J., Jr.,' $1.00 each. Sufficient money has now been received for these cases. ་་ . The report of the inspection committee of the Prison Association of New York upon the condition of the state prisons may be called a serious document. Perhaps never in the history of this country has a severer indictment of any public institution been made. The conditions revealed are hardly less dreadful than those of the prisons of England, which stirred the soul of John Howard. The Evening Post rightly says that the report describes. conditions which would have aroused public indignation if they had been declared to prevail in the prisons of Cuba under Spanish rule. Perhaps the indictment is the more serious because it is not an indictment of a particular body of officials, but is a revelation of conditions for which everybody being responsible, nobody is especially responsible. It is only fair in considering the report of the committee to mention the fact that the Superintendent of State Prisons. and the State Prison Commission have both called attention to the condition of the prisons of the state, have pointed out the existing evils, and have suggested virtually the same remedies. Commissioner Collins, in his report in 1899, said: "One of the grave questions which the state ought to take up and deal with in a comprehensive and thorough way is the reconstruction of prison buildings, especially at Sing Sing and Auburn. In these prisons the main buildings are very old, were built on bad plans, and are now the antiquated monuments of outworn ideas, loaded with the crusts of tens of years of use and the accumulation of human occupancy which is not completely removable by reason of the original bad construction." The It is just that condition of the buildings to which the commissioner called attention in his report, which is one of the main, if not the main criticism of the committee. Sing Sing prison, according to the report, is a disgrace to the state. There is almost no sanitary arrangement; the light is bad, the cells being dark in the daytime and overlighted at night, so that the men's eyes suffer; ventilation is almost nil, and the condition, with reference to the possibility of fire, is such that the warden and keeper both say that in case of serious fire the prisoners could not be gotten out. The conditions at Auburn are in some respects better, but in other |